Jeppesen is awful

I would suggest you never use the website, it needs major fixing.

Edited by oskrypuch - 23 Mar 2018 at 5:57pm

MysticCobra wrote: I start at www.jeppesen.com.  Next, I click the link to the Jeppesen Direct store website.  On that page, near the upper left, is a header for "Avionics Data", with logos for Garmin and Avidyne.  I click that link, and get a, "Sorry, this page is not available" error, with a link to report a broken link.

"Monopoly and competition, basic factors in the structure of economic markets. In economics monopoly and competition signify certain complex relations among firms in an industry. A monopoly implies an exclusive possession of a market by a supplier of a product or a service for which there is no substitute. In this situation the supplier is able to determine the price of the product without fear of competition from other sources or through substitute products. It is generally assumed that a monopolist will choose a price that maximizes profits"

The monopolist will generally charge prices well in excess of production costs and reap profits well above a normal interest return on investment. His output will be substantially smaller, and his price higher, than if he had to meet established market prices as in perfect competition. The monopolist may or may not produce at minimal average cost, depending on his cost-output relationship; if he does not, there are no market pressures to force him to do so.

If the monopolist is subject to no threat of entry by a competitor, he will presumably set a selling price that maximizes profits for the industry he monopolizes."

This is why we need Seattle Avionics!

I also had to do the annual "spend" an hour with the folks in Colorado. Talked to 3 different reps, all three answers and prices were different. I asked why it is just not published on the web site for easy consumer access, the response was "Well, We are owned by Boeing and they make the rules."

I hate that we don't have a choice on this BS.

Edited by nrproces - 23 Mar 2018 at 4:12pm

When I activated a Jeppesen account a couple of months ago, the rep was upfront about the website not working properly for bundle purchases. Of course, he couldn't explain why the website didn't make that clear. It also sounded like the ETA for getting that full functionality is quite a ways off.

As for pricing, I had no difficulty getting the complete usa nav and obstacles bundle at the 440 price (about $580) even though I was using it for my 540.   Perhaps the key is that I asked for the 440 bundle upfront as I didn't need the charts. Because the updates are tied to your tail number and not a specific box, it doesn't matter whether they are installed in a 440 or a 540.   As others have mentioned, the single downloads through JDM are used for multiple IFD's in an airplane, so it makes sense they would have to work for 440s, 540s and 550s.

Edited by AZ Flyer - 26 Mar 2018 at 10:54am